In a discussion about whether or not the Christmas underwear bomber, Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, should have been held by the military instead of a civilian prison, Mike Huckabee sounded more like Jack Bauer than a former pastor. First, Huckabee argued that the suspect should be held by the military in order to get him to “sing like a canary.” He continued, “Frankly, I’d rather the military or the CIA take him and do whatever they need to do, including fill his underpants back up with whatever explosive and put him in a field and let a U.S. Marine detonate it if they have to, get this guy to talk." Huckabee allowed as how "I'm being a little facetious about that… but my point being, we want him to talk.” Not only did neither of the two Democratic guests object, at least one of them laughed. With video.

Huckabee added, “It’s not that we don’t want to give him some (my emphasis) civil treatment, because we are a country that does that, but I do think that that’s our problem (meaning that if he’s not held by the military and, presumably, treated harshly, he won’t “sing like a canary.”

So just who would Jesus "detonate" Huck? Man of god my ass. Fox News... all pro-torture all the time with the rest of the networks running right behind them to keep up. Gotta' keep that fear ratcheted up don't you know.

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As I would be now. Forcing people out of business because they don't want to serve a certain type of person is more evil than having racial preferences in my mind.

Yes, but as you've already acknowledged, your mind is fearful, hate-ridden, and apparently closed to the possibility of change. Even so, you're still free to don a bed sheet, join a segregated country club and discriminate to your little heart's content. What you don't get to do, however, is operate a business in the public sphere like it's your own little KKK fiefdom. And no, allowing businesses to discriminate on the basis of personal prejudices is not part of a "pluralistic, tolerant society." It's part of a racist, apartheid world that America has since left behind. If you want to conduct business in _this_ country, then I suggest you step into the 21st century.